Improvement in hair-curling devices



c. w. BAXTER.

Hair CurlingDevices. l No.`l'2,603. Patented Apri|27,1875.

THE GRAPHIC C0.PHOT0 LITH.39 Jn 41 PARK PLACLNAV.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. BAXTER, 0F OAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAIR-CURLING DEVICES.

Specitication forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,603, dated April27, 1875 application tiled April 10, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHAELEs W. BAXTER, of Camden, New Jersey, haveinvented an Improved Device for Curling Hair, of which the tbllowing isa specification The object of my invention is to construct a simple andett'ective device for the curling or piping of hair, and maintaining thesame in a coiled condition, and this objectI attain in the manner whichI will now proceed to describe, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ot my improvedhair-curling device 5 Fig. 2, a sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 amoditication of the device.

The practice heretofore in making short curls of hair, has been to windthe same tightly around wisps of paper or pads ot' kid, the ends otwhich are folded and twisted around the hair or secured by means ofelastic bands, in order to prevent the nnwinding of the hair. Inhairdressers7 establishments, where large numbers ot' curls have to bemade, formers of Wood are used, the hair being retained in place bymeans ot' strings.

These plans are objectionable, the first on account ofthe insecurity ofthe paper as a retaining medium, and the second on account of thetedious manipulation which it demands.

These objections I obviate by the device shown in the drawing, in whichA represents a tube of kid, or other suitable material, to which isapplied the spring retainer B, consisting of two arms, a and b, whichmay be made of one strip of steel wire, as shown, one

Varm passing through the central opening of the tube A, and having aneye at its outer end d, for the reception of the hooked end of the otherarm I), which extends along the exterior ot' the tube, and is curved toaccommodate itselt' to the shape of the curl, which is always thicker inthe middle than at each end, and which is eftectually retained by thearm b, owing to the elasticity of the same.

The instrument, when intended for use by hair-dressers in piping hair,is iconstructed as shown in Fig. 3, Al in this casev representing a tubeof wood flanged at each end, in order to prevent the coil of hair fromslipping oit', the body of the tube gradually decreasing in diametertoward the center in order to accommodate the coil, which is alwaysthicker in the middle than at the edges. The manner of applying thespring to this form of tubeis the same as in the former case.

By combining a spring-retainer with the pipe or tube in the mannerdescribed, I obtain a device by which the hair is firmly held andprevented from uncurling without being cramped or injured in appearance.

I claim as my invention- A hair-curler, composed of a tube, A, andspring-retainerB, constructed and applied to the tube, all substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof iI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES IV. BAXTER.

Witnesses:

HUBERT HowsoN, HARRY SMITH.

